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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present. On 
Christmas Eve, when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was walking 
around the shiny new car, admiring it. &quot;Is this your car, Mister?&quot; he asked. 
Paul nodded. &quot;My brother gave it to me for Christmas.&quot;</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The boy 
was astounded.</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;You mean your 
brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you anything? Boy, I wish...&quot; he 
hesitated. Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to 
wish he had a brother like that, but what the lad said jarred Paul all the way 
down to his heels. &quot;I wish,&quot; the boy went on, &quot;that I could be a brother like 
that.&quot; Paul looked at the boy in astonishment and then impulsively added, &quot;Would 
you like to take a ride in my automobile?&quot; </p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;Oh yes, I'd 
love that.&quot;</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; After a 
short ride, the boy turned and with his eyes aglow, said, &quot;Mister, would you 
mind driving in front of my house?&quot; Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew 
what the lad wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in 
a big automobile but Paul was wrong again. &quot;Will you stop where those two steps 
are?&quot; the boy asked. He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard him 
coming back but he was not coming fast. He was carrying his little crippled 
brother. He sat him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against 
him and pointed to the car.</p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &quot;There she is, 
Buddy, just like I told you upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas 
and it didn't cost him a cent. And some day, I'm gonna give you one just like 
it... then you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the shop windows at 
Christmas that I've been trying to tell you about.&quot; </p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="justify">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; Paul got out 
and lifted the lad to the front seat of his car. The gleamy-eyed older brother 
climbed in beside him and the three of them began a memorable holiday ride. That 
Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus Christ meant when he had said, &quot;lt is 
more blessed to give...&quot;</p>

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